"A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold onto them."
If I may be so bold, I would venture to say that this concept extends far beyond people of a noble persuasion and would include any trait (favorable or unfavorable).
Like attracts like, and though this concept has gotten a bit overused recently with the success of The Secret (book and movie), most people will attest from personal experience that their is truth in it.
Be the type of person (or people) that you want surrounding you in life, and chances are Goethe words will become a reality for you.
Last week marked the start of 2 fabulous experiences that are likely to define 2010 for me and really effect how I work and think.
First off, Kaori and I had our first week of the GIFT program by the renowned Gray Institute. GIFT (Gray Institute Functional Transformation) is a 40 week mentorship program in Applied Functional Science. Since I was first turned on to Gary Gray and the Gray Institute a couple years ago I had been dreaming about doing this...now that it is a reality, I am THRILLED! It is already off to an excellent start and I looking forward to where it will lead.
Second, following the tragic earthquake in Haiti, strength coach Mike Robertson, being the generous man he is, offered to take on several new online coaching clients at a substantially discounted rate and then donate the proceeds to the Haiti relief fund. I have a ton of respect for Mike both as a coach and as person, so I jumped at the chance to work with him. Get some top notch coaching from Mike, and help him support Haiti...no brainer.
Through their work, Mike & Gary have really been a positive influence for me personally and professionally...their genuine caring and selflessness I find exemplary and worth emulating. Both of them are big proponents of paying it forward, and I plan to do my best to honor that sentiment and share all the great things I receive from them with others down the road.
In the spirit of giving, here is a classic cut that tells it like it is:
"Keep your more to receive your less..." Definitely something to think about.
By the way, for those readers who are wondering why I would hire someone else for coaching and program design when that is what I do for a living...well for the same reason that chefs don't run home and cook themselves dinner when they finish work. More specifically, I am much more lenient on myself and cut some corners on things that I would never do with my clients, so it is nice to have an objective 3rd party (especially someone as good as Mike) to make sure I get the right stuff done.
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence." ―Vincent T. Lombardi
There is a lot of truth to this statement, and it is pretty easy to use this as a barometer to see how one's own life is measuring up.
Committing oneself to excellence in any endeavor invariably has the effect of promoting success and uplifting those around you. After all, pursuing excellence needn't be a selfish or self-centered ideal...actually it frequently has at its core serving and sharing with others.
True excellence is not appreciated by the doer, but rather by those individuals that are able to benefit and/or share in the experience. The relationships created as a result of this cannot help but to improve the quality of one's life.
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right."
I really love this quote and have heard (and used) variations of it for a long time.
It truly is one of the main points to remember whenever you are striving to accomplish anything. The difference I see in my life between those who succeed and those who don't is whether or not they think (or believe) that their success is possible.
That is not to say you won't run into some setbacks and have some failures along the way...you definitely will...most successful people have. (I was just mentioning to Kaori today that Robert Kiyosaki at one point was living in his car.) But I am pretty sure that he, along with the other successful individuals out there, never stopped thinking and believing that he could.
